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Written Question
Travel
Monday 24th November 2014

Asked by: Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what predictions are made by the National Transport Model from 2015 onwards for the (a) average number of trips and stages made annually per person in England and (b) average length of trips by transport mode in the (i) low, (ii) medium and (iii) high growth scenarios.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Forecasts of trip by mode and distance were last published by the Department in Road Transport Forecasts 2011 at

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4243/road-transport-forecasts-2011-results.pdf

The Department has more recently in 2013 produced estimates for the whole of GB using the National Transport Model (NTM). The trip information has not been published but is set out in the tables below.

Average Trips per person annually by mode (GB, RTF13 central forecast)

Annual trips

Walk

Cycle

Car Driver

Car Pgr

Bus

Rail

Total

2015

307.4

22.1

447.6

231.8

86.3

24.4

1,119.7

2020

302.4

21.1

465.3

225.8

80.0

23.7

1,118.2

2025

298.0

20.1

483.8

219.0

73.3

22.9

1,117.2

2030

295.7

19.9

491.6

214.0

71.2

23.4

1,115.8

2035

291.4

20.5

500.8

212.4

66.4

23.1

1,114.6

2040

290.2

20.5

507.0

211.8

64.0

23.7

1,117.2

Average length of trips by mode (GB, RTF13 central forecast)

miles

Walk

Cycle

Car Driver

Car Pgr

Bus

Rail

Total

2015

0.8

2.5

9.0

9.9

7.8

24.7

7.0

2020

0.8

2.4

9.1

10.0

7.9

24.7

7.1

2025

0.8

2.3

9.2

10.1

8.1

24.6

7.2

2030

0.8

2.3

9.2

10.1

8.0

24.7

7.3

2035

0.8

2.2

9.2

10.1

8.2

24.7

7.3

2040

0.8

2.2

9.2

10.1

8.5

24.8

7.4

Notes on the tables:

  • These are for personal trips based on main mode of travel. The NTM does not produce mode information for different stages of the same trip.
  • These forecasts are based on the central forecast in the Road Traffic Forecasts 2013 (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-transport-forecasts-2013. NTM forecasts of trips by mode for the high and low demand scenarios have not been produced.
  • The NTM Road Traffic Forecasts should not be viewed as what we think will actually happen in the future, or what we want the future to look like. They are based on our understanding of the way people make travel choices, the expected path of the key drivers at the time the forecast is made and assume no change in government policy beyond that already announced.
  • The forecasts do not account for the Departments Cycling Delivery Plan, as this is still in development.
  • The NTM is not the Department’s primary forecasting tool for Rail. Therefore the forecasts may not match with Rail forecasts the Department has published elsewhere.

Written Question
Traffic Lights
Monday 20th October 2014

Asked by: Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to give permission to (a) Transport for London and (b) any local authority to introduce adcance stop lines at temporary traffic lights.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Advanced Stop Lines are currently permitted for use at permanent signal junctions only. The revisions to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions scheduled for March 2015 will allow their use with temporary traffic lights, but there will be practical issues to consider as many are only in place for a short time.

Written Question
Immigration: Windrush Generation
Wednesday 30th April 2014

Asked by: Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) patients, (b) healthcare professionals and (c) the general public understand the new drug driving offence.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Paragraphs 10.2 and 10.3 of the summary of the responses to the consultation on the proposed drugs and their limits sets out the steps the Department proposes to take in communicating the new drug driving offence. The summary is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/drug-driving-proposed-regulations

Written Question

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Wednesday 30th April 2014

Asked by: Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the degree to which his Department has complied with the Public Sector Equality Duty with regard to disabled cyclists.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Department for Transport considers equality issues in exercising its functions, to comply with the equality legislation and to ensure it understands how its activities will affect different people. While there is no requirement under the Equality Act to carry out Equality Impact Assessment on cycling policy, the Department believes disabled cyclists should not be disadvantaged.

To help local authorities develop infrastructure for cyclists, including disabled cyclists, the Department has produced guidance through Cycle Infrastructure Design (Local Transport Note 2/08). LTN 2/08 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-transport-notes

Written Question
Emergency Services: Mental Health Services
Monday 7th April 2014

Asked by: Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of passenger rail journeys that have been double counted because passengers have used multiple franchises to complete a single journey.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

The Secretary of State for Transport has made no estimate of the number of rail passenger journeys that have been double counted. The Office of Rail Regulation is responsible for rail passenger usage statistics and may have an estimate. Their contact details are:

Address:

Office of Rail Regulation

One Kemble Street

London

WC2B 4AN

Telephone: 020 7282 2000

Email: rail.stats@orr.gov.uk